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One of the primary purposes of a formal medication reconciliation is to:
- A. Prevent polypharmacy
- B. Conserve financial resources
- C. Prevent interactions
- D. Prevent allergies
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Medication reconciliation (C) primarily prevents drug interactions.
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What are safe surrender sites?
- A. A place where a mother can safely give up her newborn with no questions asked.
- B. A facility for teens who are unable to live with their parents.
- C. A law enforcement action to give up guns in the home to reduce violence.
- D. A place for teens with substance abuse problems to go to avoid arrest.
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: Safe surrender sites are available around the country to prevent abandonment of infants.
The psychosexual stage associated with sexuality is
- A. Oral
- B. Anal
- C. Phallic
- D. Genital
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The genital stage (puberty onward) focuses on mature sexuality (Freud).
Parents of a mentally ill teenager say, We have never known anyone who was mentally ill. We have no one to talk to because none of our friends understand the problems we are facing. Select the nurses most helpful intervention.
- A. Refer the parents to a support group.
- B. Build the parents self-concept as coping parents.
- C. Teach the parents techniques of therapeutic communication.
- D. Facilitate achievement of normal developmental tasks of the family.
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The need for support is evident. Referrals are made when working with families whose needs are unmet. A support group, such as through the National Alliance on Mentally Illness (NAMI), will provide the parents with support of others with similar experiences and with whom they can share feelings and experiences. The distracters are less relevant to providing a network of support.
Which term describes how we construct our sense of self by imagining how we look to another person?
- A. Looking glass self
- B. Language
- C. Minding
- D. Transacting
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: The looking-glass self (Cooley) shapes self-concept through imagined perceptions.
An example of a cause for neglect at the exosystem level is:
- A. Poor communication skills
- B. Inadequate support from the child's father
- C. Inadequate public funding
- D. Neighbourhood drain
Correct Answer: C
Rationale: Inadequate public funding reflects an exosystem issue impacting resource availability.